When will I ever learn?

Sometimes I feel like the warden on the receiving end of Tim Robbins' classic  "How can you be so obtuse?" comment in The Shawshank Redemption. I should just throw myself in the brig for a month or two until I learn my lesson. It is indeed remarkable this ability I've perfected of losing sight of the big picture and entangling myself in minutiae.  Or, I'll realize I've been traveling Magoo-like down a certain path, oblivious to falling buildings and disappearing bridges. It's truly mind boggling.  And I thought I was Miss Smarty Pants.